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Month: September 2021

85-Year-Old Palestinian Woman Awarded Bachelor’s Degree
Palestinian Jihad Buttu has obtained her bachelor’s degree in Islamic Law at the age of 85, the Middle East Monitor reported. Born in 1936 in the West Bank city of Nablus, Buttu attended school in […]

WATCH: When Asked about Israel’s ‘Ethnic Genocide’, Kamala Harris Says ‘Truth Should Not Be Suppressed’
US Vice President Kamala Harris said on Tuesday that “truth should not be suppressed” after a student told her that continued support for Israel “hurts my heart because it’s ethnic genocide”, according to Fox News. […]

Report: Israel ‘Tortures’ Recaptured Palestinian Prisoners
The six Palestinian political prisoners who escaped Gilboa Prison and were then recaptured are being tortured inside Israel’s jails, according to their lawyer, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported Wednesday. According to WAFA, Khaled […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Youth, Injure Two Others near Jenin
Israeli forces early Thursday killed a Palestinian youth and injured two others in the village of Burqin, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Medical sources […]

Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Bird Hunter
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man east al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central besieged Gaza Strip, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA correspondent said that 41-year-old Mohammad Abdul-Karim Ammar was shot dead […]

WATCH: Palestinian Woman Killed by Israeli Forces in Jerusalem
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian woman early Thursday near Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that the Israeli police opened fire at […]

The Untold Story of Why Palestinians Are Divided
By Ramzy Baroud The political division in Palestinian society is deep-rooted, and must not be reduced to convenient claims about the ‘Hamas-Fatah split’, elections, the Oslo accords and subsequent disagreements. The division is linked […]

Palestinian Unity & Popular Resistance: A New Intifada? (VIDEO)
Presented by the Education-Visibility Committee of Jewish Voice for Peace – Los Angeles, the webinar was focused on the nature of the new Palestinian resistance today throughout Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. What ignited […]

Israeli Soldiers Harass, Detain Palestinian Schoolchildren near Nablus
Israeli soldiers on Wednesday chased Palestinian children on their way to school in the village of Al-Lubban Al-Sharqiya, near Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local residents told WAFA that Israeli soldiers detained […]

Israeli Court Delays Khan Al-Ahmar Eviction by Six Month
Israel’s High Court on Wednesday approved the government’s request to postpone the planned demolition and eviction of the Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank village of Khan Al-Ahmar by six months, the Middle East […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Critically Injure Palestinian Teenager near Hebron (VIDEO)
A Palestinian teenager was shot and injured with live ammunition during clashes with Israeli forces in the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Clashes broke out at […]

WATCH: Israeli Army, Settlers Attack Palestinians in Masafer Yatta
Several Palestinians, including a three-year-old child, were injured during a Jewish settler attack in the Masafer Yatta area on Tuesday night, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Scores of Jewish settlers, under the […]

Biden Rejects Israeli Prime Minister’s Ideas about Location for US Consulate in Palestine
US President Joe Biden reportedly rejected a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that would have seen Washington re-establish its Palestinian diplomatic mission in a location beyond the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem, RT.com […]

On Afghanistan and Legitimate Resistance: Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban?
By Ramzy Baroud An urgent task is awaiting us: considering the progression of events, we must quickly liberate ourselves from the limits and confines placed on the Afghanistan discourse, which have been imposed by […]

Report: PA Forces Arrest Key Witness in Nizar Banat Case
The Palestinian Authority security services arrested on Monday the key witness in the Nizar Banat murder case, the Middle East Monitor has revealed. Banat, a harsh critic of PA President Mahmoud Abbas, was killed by […]

Marwan Barghouti: PA has No Authority
Imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti declared that “the Palestinian Authority (PA) has no authority,” adding that the battle for Jerusalem “revealed the inability and fragility” of the Palestinian political system, Sama news agency reported on […]

UN: Palestinian Economy Crippled by Covid-19, Israeli Occupation in 2020
The year 2020 was the worst for the Palestinian Authority (PA) since its establishment in 1994 due to the Israeli occupation and the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said Monday. […]

WATCH: Palestinians Injured as Israeli Army Raids Homes near Jenin
The Israeli army continued on Tuesday its military campaign against the northern West Bank district of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Israeli army conducted a raid early Tuesday of the town of […]

US Conservatives Condemn ‘Stop Antisemitism’ for Calling GOP Congressman ‘Jew Hater’
American conservatives condemned the ‘Stop Antisemitism’ organization after it branded libertarian Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) a “Jew hater” for voting against more US funding for Israel’s Iron Dome, RT and other media reported. How is […]

Israeli PM: Iran’s Nuclear Program has Crossed ‘All Red Lines’
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet said Monday that Iran had crossed all the “red lines” aimed at curbing its nuclear weapons program but that Israel “will not allow” Tehran to get the bomb, The New […]

Jewish Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound Waving Israeli Flag
Jewish settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Monday and waved the Israeli flag around the Islamic site, the Middle East Monitor reported. According to Jordan’s Department of Islamic Endowments, which has legal […]

UK Labour Party Approves Historic Motion Calling Israel Apartheid State
The UK Labour Party Conference has voted today in favor of a motion identifying Israel as a state practicing the crime of apartheid, making it the first major political party in Europe to adopt such […]

Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Students Rally in El-Bireh
A Palestinian journalist was shot and injured and dozens of university students were suffocated by tear gas on Monday as Israeli forces attacked a rally near the Beit El Israeli military checkpoint, near El-Bireh city, […]

Khalida Jarrar Visits Her Daughter’s Grave after Release from Israeli Prison (VIDEO)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member, Khalida Jarrar, visited her daughter’s grave after her release from an Israeli prison Sunday, The Middle East Monitor reported. Jarrar made her way to the cemetery […]

Khalida Jarrar Released after Serving Two Years in Prison
Israeli authorities on Sunday have released Palestinian political prisoner Khalida Jarrar after serving two years in prison, Quds News Network reported. Khalida Jarrar, who is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of […]

Two Palestinians Killed, Others Wounded in Israeli Attack near Jenin
Two Palestinians were killed early Sunday in an Israeli military raid of the village of Burqin, near Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Israeli forces stormed the village […]

WATCH: Israeli Forces Kill Three Palestinians in Beit Anan
Three Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces in an attack early Sunday morning that targeted a house in the village of Beit Anan, near the occupied Jerusalem, the Ministry of Health has […]

Ocasio-Cortez Posts Letter Responding to Accusations of ‘Cowardice’ over Israel Vote
US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has responded to accusations of “cowardice” over her last-minute decision to abstain from a vote on providing $1 billion in additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile system, The New Arab […]

UN: 73 Children among 568 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Forces in Two Weeks
Israeli occupation forces injured 568 Palestinians, including 73 children, across the West Bank between September 7-20, according to the biweekly Protection of Civilians report published on Friday by the United Nations Office for the Coordination […]

Abbas: ‘Israel has One Year to Withdraw from 1967 Occupied Territories’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday gave Israel only one year to withdraw from the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, according to Reuters. “If this is not achieved, why maintain […]